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THE  ONLY  AUTHORIZED  AMERICAN  EDITION 

The  Story  of 

Little  Black  Sambo 


BY 
HELEN  BANNERMAN 


NEW  YORK 

FREDERICK  A.    STOKES   COMPANY 

PUBLISHERS 


PREFACE. 

There  is  very  little 
to  say  about  the  story 
of  Little  Black  Sambo. 
Once  upon  a  time  there 
was  an  English  lady  in 
India,  where  black 
children  abound  and  ti- 
gers are  everyday  affairs, 


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who  had  two  little  girls, 
To  amuse  these  little 
girls  she  used  now  and 
then  to  invent  stories, 
for  which,  being  ex- 
tremely talented,  she 
also  drew  and  coloured 
the  pictures.  Among 
these  stories  Little  Black 
Sambo,  which  was  made 
up  on  a  long  railway 
w  journey,  was  the  favour- 
r<     ite ;  and  it  has  been  put 

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into  a  Dumpy  Book,  and 
the  pictures  copied  as 
exactly  as  possible,  in 
the  hope  that  you  will 
like  it  as  much  as  the 
two  little  girls  did. 


The  Story  of 
Little  Black  Sambo. 


The  Story  of 
Little  Black  Sambo. 


f~)NCE   upon  a  time 

there  was  a  little 

black  boy,  and  his  name 

was  Little  Black  Sambo. 


And  his  Mother  was 
called  Black  Mumboo 


And  his  Father  was 
called  Black  Jumbo. 


And  Black  Mumbo 
made  him  a  beautiful 
little  Red  Coat,  and  a 


pair    of  beautiful   little 
Blue  Trousers, 


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And  Black  Jumbo 
went  to  the  Bazaar,  and 
bought  him  a  beautiful 
Green  Umbrella,  and  a 
lovely  little  Pair  of  Pur- 
ple Shoes  with  Crimson 
Soles  and  Crimson 
Linings. 


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And  then  wasn't  Little 

Black  Sambo 

grand  ? 


So  he  put  on  all  his 
Fine  Clothes,  and  went 
out  for  a  walk  in  the 
Jungle.  And  by  and  by 
he  met  a  Tiger.  And 
the  Tiger  said  to  him, 
"Little  Black  Sambo, 
I'm  going  to  eat  you 
up!"  And  Little  Black 
Sambo  said,  "Oh! 
Please  Mr.  Tiger,  don't 
eat  me  up,  and  I'll  give 

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you  my  beautiful  little 
Red  Coat."  So  the 
Tiger  said,  "Very  well, 
I  won't  eat  you  this 
time,  but  you  must  give 
me  your  beautiful  little 
Red  Coat."  So  the 
Tiger  got  poor  Little 
Black  Sambo's  beautiful 
little  Red  Coat,  and 
went  away  saying, ' '  N  ow 
I'm  the  grandest  Tiger 
in  the  Jungle." 


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And  Little  Black 
Sambo  went  on,  and  by 
and  by  he  met  another 
Tiger,  and  it  said  to  him, 
''Little  Black  Sambo, 
I'm  going  to  eat  you 
up!"  And  Little  Black 
Sambo  said,  "Oh! 
Please  Mr,  Tiger,  don't 
eat  me  up,  and  I'll  give 


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you  my  beautiful  little 
Blue  Trousers. "  So  the 
Tiger  said,  "Very  well, 
I  wont'  eat  you  this  time, 
but  you  must  give  me 
your  beautiful  little  Blue 
Trousers/'  So  the  Ti- 
ger got  poor  Little  Black 
Sambo's  beautiful  little 
Blue  Trousers,  and  went 
away  saying,  "  Now  /'m 
the  grandest  Tiger  in 
the  Jungle." 


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And  Little  Black 
Sambo  went  on  and  by 
and  by  he  met  another 
Tiger,  and  it  said  to  him, 
"  Little  Black  Sambo, 
I'm  going  to  eat  you 
up!"  And  Little  Black 
Sambo  said,  "Oh! 
Please  Mr.  Tiger,  don't 
eat  me  up,  and  I'll  give 
you  my  beautiful  little 
Purple    Shoes    with 

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Crimson     Soles     and 
Crimson  Linings." 

But  the  Tiger  said, 
"What  use  would  your 
shoes  be  to  me?  IVe 
got  four  feet,  and  youve 
got  only  two;  you  haven't 
got  enough  shoes  for 
me. 


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But  Little  Black  Sam- 
bo said,  "You  could 
wear    them    on    your 


ears." 


"So  I  could,"  said  the 
Tiger:  "that's  a  very 
good  idea.  Give  them 
to  me,  and  I  won't  eat 
you  this  time." 


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So  the  Tiger  got  poor 
Little  Black  Sambo's 
beautiful  little  Purple 
Shoes  with  Crimson 
Soles  and  Crimson  Lin- 
ings, and  went  away 
saying,  "Now  I'm  the 
grandest  Tiger  in  the 
Jungle." 

And  by  and  by  Little 
Black  Sambo  met  an- 
other Tiger,  and  it  said 


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to  him,  "Little  Black 
Sambo,  I'm  going  to  eat 
you  up!"  And  Little 
Black  Sambo  said, "Oh! 
Please  Mr.  Tiger,  don't 
eat  me  up,  and  I'll  give 
you  my  beautiful  Green 
Umbrella/'  But  the  Ti- 
ger said,  "How  can  I 
carry  an  umbrella,  when 
I  need  all  my  paws  for 
walking  with?" 


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9  "You  could  tie  a  knot 
on  your  tail  and  carry  it 
that  way,"  said  Little 
Black  Sambo.  "So  I 
could,"  said  the  Tiger. 
"Give  it  to  me,  and  I 
won't  eat  you  this  time." 
So  he  got  poor  little 
Black  Sambo's  beautiful 
Green  Umbrella,  and 
went  away  saying, 
"  Now  I'm  the  grandest 

Tiger  in  the  Jungle." 

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And  poor  Little 
Black  Sambo  went  away 
crying,  because  the  cruel 
Tigers  had  taken  all  his 
fine  clothes. 


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Presently  he  heard  a 
horrible  noise  that  sound- 
ed like  "Gr-r-r-r-rrrrrrr," 
and  it  got  louder  and 
louder.  "Oh!  dear!  said 
Little  Black  Sambo, 
"there  are  all  the  Tigers 
coming  back  to  eat  me 
up!  What  shall  I  do?" 
So  he  ran  quickly  to  a 
palm-tree,  and  peeped 
round  it  to  see  what  the 
matter  was. 

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And  there  he  saw  all 
the  Tigers  fighting,  and 
disputing  which  of  them 
was  the  grandest.  And 
at  last  they  all  got  so 
angry  that  they  jumped 
up  and  took  off  all  the 
fine  clothes,  and  began 
to  tear  each  other  with 
their  claws,  and  bite  each 
other  with  their  great 
big  white  teeth. 

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And  they  came,  roll- 
ing and  tumbling  right  to 
the  foot  of  the  very  tree 
where  Little  Black  Sam- 
bo was  hiding,  but  he 
jumped  quickly  in  be- 
hind the  umbrella.  And 
the  Tigers  all  caught 
hold  of  each  others'  tails, 
as  they  wrangled  and 
scrambled,  and  so  they 
found  themselves  in  a 
ring  round  the  tree. 


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Then,  when  the  Ti- 
gers were  very  wee  and 
very  far  away,  Little 
Black  Sambo  jumped 
up,  and  called  out,  "Oh ! 
Tigers!  why  have  you 
taken  off  all  your  nice 
clothes?  Don't  you 
want  them  any  more?" 
But  the  Tigers  only  an- 
swered, "  Gr-r-rrrrr ! " 


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Then  Little  Black 
Sambo  said,  "If  you 
want  them,  say  so,  or  I'll 
take  them  away."  But 
the  Tigers  would  not  let 
go  of  each  others'  tails, 
and  so  they  could  only 
say  ' '  Gr-r-r-r-rrrrrrr ! '' 

So  Little  Black  Sam- 
bo put  on  all  his  fine 
clothes  again  and  walk- 
ed off. 


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And  the  Tigers  were 
very,  very  angry,  but 
still  they  would  not  let 
go  of  each  others'  tails. 
And  they  were  so  angry, 
that  they  ran  round  the 
tree,  trying  to  eat  each 
other  up,  and  they  ran 
faster  and  faster,  till  they 
were  whirling  round  so 
fast  that  you  couldn't  see 
their  legs  at  all. 

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And  they  still  ran 
faster  and  faster  and  fast- 
er, till  they  all  just  melt- 
ed away,  and  there  was 
nothing  left  but  a  great 
big  pool  of  melted  butter 
(or  "ghl,"  as  it  is  called 
in  India)  round  the  foot 
of  the  tree. 


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Now  Black  Jumbo 
was  just  coming  home 
from  his  work,  with  a 
great  big  brass  pot  in  his 
arms,  and  when  he  saw 
what  was  left  of  all  the 
Tigers  he  said,  "Oh! 
what  lovely  melted  but- 
ter! I'll  take  that  home 
to  Black  Mumbo  for 
her  to  cook  with." 


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So  he  put  it  all  into 
the  great  big  brass  pot, 
and  took  it  home  to 
Black  Mumbo  to  cook 
with. 

When  Black  Mumbo 
saw  the  melted  butter, 
wasn't  she  pleased! 
"Now,"  said  she, "we'll 
all  have  pancakes  for 
supper!" 


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So  she  got  flour  and 
eggs  and  milk  and  sugar 
and  butter,  and  she 
made  a  huge  big  plate 
of  most  lovely  pancakes. 
And  she  fried  them  in 
the  melted  butter  which 
the  Tigers  had  made, 
and  they  were  just  as 
yellow  and  brown  as 
little  Tigers. 


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And  then  they  all  sat 
down  to  supper.  And 
Black  Mumbo  ate 
Twenty-seven  pancakes, 
and  Black  Jumbo  ate 
Fifty-five,  but  Little 
Black  Sambo  ate  a 
Hundred  and  Sixty- 
nine,  because  he  was  so 
hungry. 


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